Nova boy 0.8.3

Great build bro.
My 81 Sorcerer is already better than my 100 VK.

Fun and easy to play and also melts bosses.

Sorry if itā€™s obvious, but I donā€™t understand this: where does 100% crit chance come from? I canā€™t see +crit chance on your items.

/Onin

Items
Catalyst is 6% flat crit

Passives
Knowledge of Destruction 70% increased crit chance
Crackling Precision 160% increased crit chance
Calculated Destruction 160% increased crit chance
and skills have base crit

Thanks :slight_smile:

Iā€™m lvl 78 (lightning spec) and I feel a lil low on single target dps. Is it any of the pasives points I shall focus on first, or does it not matter?

/Onin

@FoE ok, gotta say, this build is fire! lvl 94, still waiting on Orianā€™s Eye but mowing through mobs like butter! :cloud_with_lightning: :butter:

keep up the great work! :star_struck:

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Noob question sorry, leveling the build atm, only lv42.

At 55 can I start to automatically proc my lightning nova by only casting lightning blast due to the sorceror passive distant spark, or are we manually casting both spells, ty.

Manually cast both since distant spark procs spell called shock nova (this is not elemental nova)

Thank you, im assuming later on when I get the 20% cooldown recovery in tree I can just spam teleport to proc nova and not really have to fool with it, and just set lightning blast to right mouse click correct?

hey Foe, for a Flame Nova Build why do you put 1 point in ā€œspark chargesā€ if you are fgoing fire? and which skill would you take to replace lightning blast? Amazing build, BTW.

I just started this build. Level 85 and this build is really fun. Gambled Ashen, but Orians Eye seems impossible. I definitely could use a better loot filterā€¦Is the loot filter pastebin that you posted in this thread 20+ days ago still good?

Spark charges does nice damage even without lightning scaling plus it applies fire shred blessing. It is mainly for arena for big chain explosions. I believe someone said meteor is good alternative.

@Convoy
Orians is super hard to get now. The filter is still fine but you have to tweak the weapon rule for staff or wand+catalyst since it shows all atm

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Hey, the unique amulet is indeed impossible to get :slight_smile: I doubt its still in the game heh.
Anyway I quite struggle with 100monos (echo 15+ and bosses) and arena around wave 150. Would anyone be able to provide any feedback what are the biggest gaps in my gear?

Indeed I still miss most of useful blessings
Thx a lot,
K

A quick look at the gear and I see you are not critical avoidance capped. Get 100% CA asap

thx a lot

Idk my crit avoidance is capped, I have good endurance/threshold, resists are solid and over capped for mark of death etc, dps is fine even in juiced empowered monoliths but after stage 20ish or so I just fkng melt with all the godawful mods I get stuck with.

The dps is amazing sure but its a nightmare to survive, not even remotely fun b/c I end up losing about 8 echos every blessing run.

If you go to Flame Nova and fire damage overall, would you also replace Lightning Blast with something else?

Thanks for the fun build! I was wondering a couple things, shatterstrike works for both cold and shock? The ā€œorā€ word confused me, thanks!

yes, if an enemy is inflicted with shock and chill, you get both multiplyers.

Hello, Time to bump another one of my fav builds in 8.1 for 8.2 ! Here are the nerfs that caught my eye:

  • Luminaire adds a 40 mana per second cost (from 35) and reduces area of effect by 40% (from 35%).
  • The Sorcererā€™s Brainstorm grants 6% increased spell damage (from 7%), but now also grants 2% increased mana regen.
  • The Sorcererā€™s Spell Slinger grants 3% increased mana regen instead of 3% increased cast speed.

Other than these I suppose mana regen changes doesnā€™t affect the build so much and Idol inv. changes are actually a buff to this build. Spell slinger node change kinda sucks but seems bearable. Looking forward to any updates for 8.2 :innocent: :innocent: